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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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